Name: Now's The Time + 12 Bonus Tracks
Brand: Charlie Parker

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

840106

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Blue

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-07-10

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8436563182792

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

244105

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8436563182891

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Charlie Parker

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Birds Nest

<p>Charlie Parker, an American alto saxophonist and composer, was a pioneer of bebop music. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time. Known as 'Bird', Parker was a virtuoso on the saxophone and introduced groundbreaking harmonic ideas into jazz. His innovative use of rapid passing chords, altered chords, and chord substitutions revolutionized the genre.</p>
<p>Parker tragically passed away at the age of 34 in New York City. Although his official cause of death was lobar pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, he also suffered from cirrhosis and had experienced a heart attack. Remarkably, the coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's body to be much older than it actually was.</p>

Now's the Time compiles two of Charlie Parker's rare quartet dates (he usually recorded in a quintet format). Both are spectacular sessions, full of intricate originals by Bird, complemented by two beautiful readings of the standards "The Song Is You" and "I Remember You". A 1950 quartet date (save for one track on which Bird is joined by the great Coleman Hawkins) and a 1951 quintet session with Red Rodney on trumpet have been added as a bonus. 

Charlie Parker, alto sax. On all tracks, plus: 1-6: HANK JONES, piano; TEDDY KOTICK, bass; MAX ROACH, drums New York, December 30, 1952. 7-13: AL HAIG, piano; PERCY HEATH, bass; MAX ROACH, drums New York, July 30, 1953. *Bonus tracks 14-18: Coleman Hawkins (ts on 18 only), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d). New York, March-April 1950. 19-25: Red Rodney (tp), John Lewis (p), Ray Brown (b), Kenny Clarke (d). New York, August 8, 1951. All original sessions produced by Norman Granz.

LP track list: 1 The Song Is You (Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II) / 2 Laird Baird (Charlie Parker) / 3 Kim (Charlie Parker) / 4 Kim (Charlie Parker) [alt Tk] / 5 Cos- mic Rays (Charlie Parker) / 6 Cosmic Rays (Charlie Parker) [alt Tk] / 7 Star Eyes (Don Raye-Gene Depaul) * / 8 Blues [fast] (Charlie Parker) * / 1 Chi Chi (Charlie Parker) / 2 Chi Chi (Charlie Parker) [alt Tk1] / 3 Chi Chi (Charlie Parker) [alt Tk2] / 4 I Remember You (Johnny Mercer-Victor Schertzinger) / 5 Now’s The Time (Charlie Parker) / 6 Con rma on (Charlie Parker) / 7 I’m In The Mood For Love (Jimmy Mchugh-Dorothy Fields) * / 8 Celebrity (Charlie Parker) *

CD track list: Tracks: The Song Is You / Laird Baird / Kim / Kim [alt Tk] / Cosmic Rays / Cosmic Rays [alt Tk] / Chi Chi / Chi Chi [alt Tk1] / Chi Chi [alt Tk2] / Chi Chi [alt Tk3] / I Remember You / Now’s The Time / Con rma on / I’m In The Mood For Love* / Star Eyes* / Blues [fast]* / Celebrity* / Ballade* / Si Si* / Swedish Schnapps* / Swedish Schnapps [alt Tk]* / Back Home Blues* / Back Home Blues [alt Tk]* / Lover Man* / Blues For Alice*

Now's The Time + 12 Bonus Tracks

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